US Deferred Action and DACA Attorney for Turkish Clients

Yes. Renewals for existing DACA holders continue nationwide, including in Texas, and work permits are being renewed. Renewal is done with Form I-821D together with Form I-765. Timing matters: the DACA work permit does not benefit from the automatic extension, and the automatic-extension program was removed at the end of 2025 for new filings; so to avoid a gap in work authorization, you should renew a few months before the expiration date. Preparing your file on time and completely keeps your status continuous.

No, DACA alone does not give a green card and is not a lawful status. But in some situations it can open an indirect door to permanent residence. Someone who entered with inspection, later received DACA, and is married to a US citizen can often move to a green card through marriage. Someone who entered without inspection cannot do so directly; but travel authorization (advance parole) for a humanitarian, educational, or employment reason, followed by a return on parole, can supply the required entry. Every route is risky and should be assessed with a lawyer.

Only by obtaining travel authorization (advance parole) in advance. A DACA holder can apply for travel authorization for a humanitarian, educational, or employment reason; vacation is not a valid basis. A departure without authorization can cause you to be treated as having abandoned DACA and lead to serious obstacles on re-entry. Travel on prior authorization can have an indirect positive effect on a future green card application. The decision to travel should always be assessed with a lawyer before leaving.

Deferred action is a decision by DHS to defer a person's removal for a set period; it is not a lawful status and does not by itself give a green card, but the person does not accrue unlawful presence and can apply for a work permit. DACA is the best-known example of this for people who came to the US as children; it gives a two-year deferred action, a work permit, and the right to request travel authorization. Neither is a permanent status. We assess together which protections and routes may be open in your situation.

The person must have been under 31 as of June 15, 2012, have come to the US before turning 16, and have continuously resided since June 15, 2007. In addition, they must have been in the US on June 15, 2012 and at filing, and had no lawful status on that date. An education or military requirement and the absence of certain criminal convictions are also needed. We assess your eligibility against these criteria; but because initial filing is currently frozen, renewal for existing DACA holders and alternative routes for first-time applicants come to the fore.

Early. The DACA work permit does not benefit from the automatic extension, and the automatic-extension program was removed at the end of 2025 for new filings; so to avoid a gap in work authorization, you should renew a few months before the expiration date. Renewal is done with Form I-821D together with Form I-765. Renewals for existing DACA holders continue nationwide despite court decisions. We prepare your file on time and completely.

In 2026, USCIS redefined deferred action generally as an 'extraordinary' exercise of prosecutorial discretion. This change directly affects individual deferred-action requests that are not tied to a regulation; it does not treat ordinary removal hardships as enough on their own. DACA, by contrast, is subject to its own regulation and its own litigation, so it stands on different ground from the general policy. Still, we are in a period when the whole field of deferred action is narrowing. We determine together whether your situation falls within a regulation-based framework or an individual request.

Because initial applications are not being processed now, building a plan that relies on DACA is not realistic; but this does not mean you have no options. Depending on your situation, other protection or status routes may be open: a green card through marriage or a family tie to a US citizen or green-card holder, employer sponsorship, asylum, or Temporary Protected Status. What matters is to assess your profile as a whole rather than relying on a single route, and to see which door is genuinely open. We identify the suitable routes together and build the strongest option.

The lawyer builds the plan to move to a permanent route while preserving your status. For DACA holders, they prepare the renewal file on time, handle the work-permit and travel-authorization filings, and assess your eligibility to move to a green card, for example through marriage or advance parole. For first-time applicants, they build realistic alternatives. Because litigation and policy change quickly, they track the current situation from live sources and update your strategy accordingly. The goal is to build a plan that takes your status out of the mercy of a court decision.